Abuse settlements, liturgy, diners

Your August 17 editorial (“$660 Million”) reflects a narrow and very deficient comprehension of the complete picture in the Los Angeles archdiocese’s sexual-abuse settlement. The focus on the amount of the settlement and the notion that it will seriously limit the church’s mission to the needy of the archdiocese is misleading....

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